I’ll change my mind? I’m beginning to change my fucking mind about continuing this conversation.
I have all this baby pressure shit coming in at me from all sides. Friends, family… well, that’s about it. Strangers aren’t approaching me and asking me why I am sans offspring. Yet.
We had our first kid while we were pretty young. I was 23, my wife was only 18. We weren’t married at the time she got pregnant. At the time, I can remember feeling like I totally wasn’t ready to have a kid yet.
Time passed, he grew on us, and we decided to keep him. He’s now the single most influencing force in both of our lives. It’s awesome when he’s in a good mood, and it’s complete and utter hell when he’s bitter and vengeful.
We’re about 7 weeks away from our second baby being born. We planned to have her after having gone through all the trials and tribulations that came along with our first. It was crazy. It hurt. But it was fun, and we both really felt like having another.
Having kids is such a personal decision. It is ridiculous to lay any sort of pressure or opinion on anyone. I don’t care if it’s your own kids or what. I’ll never tell either of my kids what they should do about having kids of their own. The only advice I’ll lend is that they should do what’s right for them.
